A blog for lovers
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 25 July – dry heat – death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge – art by Thomas Eakins
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. Visit us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. What stirs your mortal frame? Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, time for a classic pop/rock songby one of the best vocalists ever,written by Dozier-Holland-Dozier;‘’It’s like a heat waveBurning in my heart (heat wave)’’as sung by Linda Ronstadt’’Seems like I keep saying thisbut…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 24 July – the searchin’ – birth of Alexandre Dumas, Zelda Fitzgerald & John D. MacDonald – art by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Alfons Mucha, Giovanni Mataloni & Wilhelm Gallhof
Dear Zazie, So, howzit goin’ Z? Hope all is well. Hot and dry here. We could sure use some rain. Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Oh and hey, another Z featured and quoted below! Do you agree with the other Z? Love first, live incidentally? Are you searchin’? See ya’, Rhett The Lovers’…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 23 July – each time – art by P. S. Krøyer
Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lovers’ Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, what if there was a song“One that sounds like a jazz standard”right somethin’ Tony would sing“Oh yes, two days after his death”ok, it would have to be romantic“Of course”with a slow tempo and onlypiano accompaniment“Sounds good”maybe…each time i think…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 22 July – comin’ back – art by Edward Hopper – verse by Stephen Vincent Benét
Dear Zazie, Here is todays’ Lover’s Chronicle from Mac Tag. What are your pained memories? Are you comin’ back? Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, this first appeared in a 2017 poem“I can see several meanings there”yes, i lean towards the romantic,as in to someone you are attached“Either from short or long term absence”when i wrote it i saw…
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The Lovers’ Almanac 21 July – to think so – art by Lovis Corinth, Carlos Schwabe & Emil Orlik – birth of Hart Crane & Ernest Hemingway – photography by Russell Lee
Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lover’s Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett The Lover’s Chronicle Dear Muse, has to be Aretha and a songshe cowrote with Ted White,’’Think’’‘’Another excellent choice my love’’ can not go wrong with Arethathis theme was inspiredby the last lines in Hemingway’snovel, ‘’The Sun Also Rises’’when Brett tells Jake,they could have had…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 20 July – extinguish – verse by Petrarch – art by Max Lieberman
Dear Zazie, Howzit goin’? Same here. Git some early porch time in before the day heats up. Tend to the chores. Maybe go down to the swimmin’ hole. Cook up somethin’ good. Drink some mezcal. Do some readin’ and writin’. The life of a cowboy poet. Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. Follow us on…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 19 July – listenin’ – death of Petrarch – art by Edgar Degas
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. Visit us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Are you listenin’? Ciao, Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, listen to the dream…The last time i checked, our bedroomdid not have a tomb, says the lovely redheadno my love, welcome to our latest dream,this is Petrarch’s tomb in Arquà Petrarca, ItalyAh that makes…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 18 July – and a softness came – art by Hyacinthe Rigaud & Franciszek Żmurko – birth of William Makepeace Thackeray
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Does the softness come to you? Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, picked a gorgeous song for todaywritten by Gretchen Christopher,Barbara Ellis, and Gary Troxelof the Fleetwoods but we are goin’ withthe version recorded by Bob Welchwith Christine McVie, ‘’Come Softly to Me’’’’That is…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 17 July – again – Balzac’s Beloved Angel – art by Paul Delaroche & Leopoldo Metlicovitz – photography by Berenice Abbott
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lover’s’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Who is your beloved angel? Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, this song does have the word of the dayin the title and anytime we git anywherenear a Merle Haggard song, well;’’Now it’s back to the barroomsRight back to drinkin’ again’’’’I know how you love…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 16 July – impression – art by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lovers’ Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, a bit of a reach because i struggledto find the right song, but i thinkthis conveys what i was thinkin’;‘’Oh II want to be with you everywhere’’’’Ah, we miss Christine McVie’’we do absolutely, she wrote ‘’Everywhere’’and Fleetwood Mac recorded…
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